2024-09-10 23:28:17
SpaceX’s mission is expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, September 24.
NASA announced that two astronauts who are stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) They will return only next February in a flight by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.
This, after that The Boeing spacecraft that took Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into space Last June, in an operation that was only supposed to last eight days, presented a series of defects which makes it unsafe to return to Earth with astronauts on board.
NASA and Boeing identified helium leaks and experienced problems with the spacecraft’s reaction control thrusters on June 6, as Starliner approached the International Space Station.
Starliner is designed to operate autonomously and has previously completed two uncrewed flights. NASA and Boeing will work together to fine-tune end-of-mission planning and Starliner systems to prepare for its return in the coming weeks.
The space agency and Elon Musk’s company are now working to make the necessary modifications to the Crew-9 mission, which was originally only supposed to have four crew members, in order to be able to bring back the stranded astronauts.
SpaceX’s mission is expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, September 24.